A few weeks ago, James Comey posted, then deleted, a picture of shells on the beach which were arranged in the numbers ‘8647’.
On the late show with Stephen Colbert, Comey claimed he and his wife stumbled upon this “cryptic message in the sand” and they had to stop and think about what it could possibly mean. He recounted the exact same story almost verbatim on NPR, saying they had no clue what it could mean.
This is a complete farce. From watching cooking shows like Kitchen Nightmares, I have long known that 86ing something meant to get rid of it, and let’s be honest, so did James Comey.
What I hadn’t realized is that Newsmax (seemingly only Newsmax) has been promoting the idea that people posting ‘8647’ are referring to violence against the President.
I do not believe for one second that James Comey had no idea that ‘8647’ was a reference to the President. I also don’t believe for one second that he and his wife just somehow happened to stumble upon this message on the beach, especially that it happened at the same time he is promoting his new book.
To put it simply, James Comey is full of crap. He knows that 86 means ‘to get rid of’ and he knows that ’47’ is a reference to the 47th President. I can believe that he didn’t associate ’86’ with violence against the President, but I cannot believe that he just randomly happened to stumble upon this artifact and posted it thinking it could possibly have some meaning.
Sources:
https://www.newsweek.com/james-comey-deletes-post-depicting-8647-after-backlash-online-2073031
https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-comey-details-what-led-him-posting-controversial-8647-instagram-post?msockid=3aad4a977f4461ab1ada41b37e5360dd
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5307980/james-comey-is-back-with-a-new-book-and-a-new-controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-lee-left-8647/2025/04/08/id/1206162/
https://penzlerpublishers.com/product/fdr-drive/
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